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Workshop 2014

Human Brain Research and Animal Models

January 21-23, 2014

Department of Biology, University of Fribourg

0.110 Auditorium Plant Biology

Rte A. Gockel 3

Building PER04

Participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience are requested to make a presentation describing their specific research projects. Three of these will be selected for short talks, the others will be poster presentations. Please send the title and a short abstract of your presentation not later than December 31, 2013 to: marco.celio@unifr.ch

Transportation charges are reimbursed to all participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience.

Credit: 2 ECTS points

No fees requested

The workshop is also open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. Please register immediately. The number of participants is limited !

Deadline for registration : December 31, 2013

Register per email to: marco.celio@unifr.ch

Program

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Morning session: fMRI IN COGNITIVE RESEARCH
Chair: Roberto CALDARA & Jean-Marie ANNONI
08:40Welcome (Marco R. CELIO)
08:45-09:35"Functional MRI without fMRI : Principle of Voxel Based Morphometry and Diffusion Tensor Imaging" (Roberto CALDARA, Fribourg)
09:35-10:10"fMRI in language Research" (Jean-Marie ANNONI, Fribourg)
10:10-10:30Coffee break
10:30-12:30"Workshop of fMRI Analysis with SPM" (Michael MOUTHON, Fribourg, room B230 of the building Pérolles 2)
12:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:15POSTER SESSION I (Program with abstracts)
Afternoon session: INSIGHTS INTO REHABILITATION
Chair: W. TAUBE & J-P. BRESCIANI
14:15-14:30Short talk
Marathe Swananda, PhD Student (Poster 20)
14:30-15:30"The mirror paradigm: theoretical and clinical contribution" (Michel GUERRAZ, Université de Savoie)
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:45"Neurobotics: from neuroscience to robot-assisted assessment and neurotherapy" (Roger GASSERT, ETH Zürich)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Morning session: NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-MAMMALIAN ANIMAL MODELS
Chair: Dominique GLAUSER & Claire JACOB
09:00-09:15Introduction: Studying neural development and function in non-mammalian model organisms (Dominique GLAUSER)
09:15-10:15"The sensory physiology of survival tactics in arthropod vectors of disease" (Patrick GUERIN, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel)
10:15-10:30Coffee break
10:30-11:30"Time flies - neural mechanisms of learning and processing of fast olfactory information" (Giovanni GALIZIA, Biology, University of Konstanz)
11:30-12:30"Analysis of neuronal circuit structure and function in zebrafish" (Rainer FRIEDRICH, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel)
12:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:15POSTER SESSION II (Program with abstracts)
Afternoon session: NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-MAMMALIAN ANIMAL MODELS
Chair: Boris EGGER
14:15-14:30Short talk
Oriane Guillermin, PhD Student (Poster 22)
14:30-15:30"Optogenetic analyses of synaptic transmission and neural networks generating behavior in C. elegans" (Alexander GOTTSCHALK, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Frankfurt)
15:30-15:45Coffee break
15:45-16:45"Cellular and molecular mechanisms of asymmetric cell division" (Clemens CABERNARD, Biocenter University of Basel)

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Morning session: DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF CORTICAL FUNCTION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
Chair: Gregor RAINER & Eric SCHMIDLIN
09:05-09:10Introduction (Gregor RAINER)
09:10-10:10"Context-dependent computations by recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex" (Valerio MANTE, ETH Zürich)
10:10-10:25Coffee break
10:25-11:25"Temporal and predictive processes in motor cortex" (Alexa RIEHLE, CNRS Marseille)
11:25-12:25"When motor cortex is active" (Alexander KRASKOV, UCL London)
12:30-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:15POSTER SESSION III (Program with abstracts)
Afternoon session: RODENT MODELS TO INVESTIGATE BRAIN FUNCTION
Chair: Beat SCHWALLER & Lavinia ALBERI
14:15-14:30Short talk
Valerie Bruegger, PhD Student (Poster 7)
14:30-15:30"Molecular mechanisms of regulated neurogenesis" (Verdon TAYLOR, Uni Basel)
15:30-15:45Coffee Break
15:45-16:45"Use of viral vectors to model neurodegenerative disorders and explore targets for disease-modifying treatments" (Bernard SCHNEIDER, EPFL Lausanne)
16:50End of the symposium (Marco R. CELIO)

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